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Two Sociable Friends. 



A FARCE 

IN ONE ACT 



— BY — 



Chas. Lewis. 



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A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUM ES— CAST OP THEOHARAO 

TERS— ENTRANCES AND EXITS -RELATIVE POSITIONS 

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TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS. 
CAST OF CHARACTERS. - 



Fritz. . , 
Pat.... 
Gaston. 



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TIME OF PLAYING— 20 minutes. 



COSTUMES— Dutch, Irish and French. 



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STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R., means Right; l., Left; r. h., Right Hand; r, h., Left 
Hand; c, Centre; s. e., (2d e.) Second Entrance; u. e. 
Upper Entrance; m. d., Middle Door; r., the Flat; d. 
f., Door in Flat; r. c, Right of Centre; l. c, Left of 
Centre. 

R - R- C. C. L. C. L. 

%*Reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing audience. 



Two Sociable I^Vierids, 



SCENE.— Plain room. 

Eider Fritz, c. e. beating time with bologna and singing 
'Hi-le-Hi-lo" stands and looks about. 

Friz. I yonder vhere Bat is yet already? 

Enter Pat, r. e. on a run. 

Pat. Hi-r-r-r, an' bedad, it's you, is it Fritz? 

Fri'z. Dalk about der divil und lie's sure to abbear. 
Vhere did you drop from? 

Pat. {excited) Oi didn't drop, Oi jus' landed. 

Fritz. Vy, vat is d t matter? 

Pat. Nothing only Oi fell off'n a fourteen story buildin' 
and lived to tell the stories. . 

Fritz. Did I ever dell you apout mine atventure mit a 
goat? 

Pat. Oi don't know, that fnll jarred me memory. Shure 
an' 'twas the downfall of all Oireland! 

Fritz. You're mind is vandering. 

Pat. Ye loie! Shute an' 'tis roight in me crenanium. 

Fritz. Veil, you know vone day 1 vas habin' some fan 
mit a pull ven all at vonst he rushed at me, struck me in 
der rear und I vasn't able to sit town for a veek. 

P(d. Oh! phat a tale. (FuiTZ hits Pat in face ailh 
bologna) Oh! ye old brutess, do ye want to spile me 
swate face? Ye're jilous of ine, eh? 

Fritz. Do you mean to say i vas jealous of a hock? 

Pat. Oi ain't no hog! 

Fritz. You are! 

Pat. Oi ain't! 

Fritz. I half too much respect for der hock to put 'im 
on a level mit you 



4 TWO SOCIABLE FRIEXDS. 

Pat. Oi say, where did ye stale the bologna? 

Fritz. Do you mean to instinguliade dot I stole dis? 

Pat. Phat koiud of an ate did ye say ? 

Fritz. Instinguliade, 

Pat. Phat? 

Fritz. In-stin-gu-li-ade. 

Pat. (scratches head) Oi give it up! 

Fritz. I half id-in-sin-u-ade. (Pat points to himself 

Pat. Me? Oiniverdid! 

Fritz. Batrick, I cannot tell a lie. I had dis bologna 
ever since it vas a leedle veener vist — 

Pat. But (Ji'll bet ye stole the waney wust. 

(Fritz hits Fat again with bologna 

Fritz. Vat is dot you say — you loafer — you bum — you 
hobo — you — 

Pat. Don't git consited my dear Fritz, have lot's of 
patience loike me. Oi can stand anyt'ing — any koind of 
fun or any'ting at all. 

Fritz. Bat, did you ever hear apout der Yankee drick? 

Pat. Naw. 

Fritz. Veil, you shust go up to a fellow und say to 'im, 
"Vould you like to see how hard you could hit mine hand?" 
He vould in most alvays probabilities say "Yaw," den youl 
place your hand on somedings, count dree und shust as I 
you said "dree" draw your hand avay und he vill hit derj 
vail, or vatever you have your hand on. 

Pat. Oh, ho! but tliot is t'oine. (looks off R. e.) Here-| 
comes Gasty, now let's try it on him. 

Enter Gaston, r. e. 

Say, Gasty, did ye iver hear of the Yankee trick? 

Gaston. Ze Yankee trick? No! 

Pat. (jnits hand to side of mouth) Fritz, where will 
Oi put me hand? 

Fritz. On your nose. 

Pat. All roight. (to Gaston) Here ye bloody 
Friuchman ye, Oi will put me hand on me nose and count 
three, whin Oi count thr e, thin ye haul off and hit me 
hand, (ivinks and smiles at audience — counts) One— 
two— (aside to Fritz) Oi hate to make a fool out of the 
poor Friuchman. 

Fritz. Go on! go on! 

Pat. Well Gasty, here she goes— one— two— three— 



TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS. 5 

On three, Gaston hits Pat, who draws away his hand and 
gets hit in the face, he falls to the floor — Gaston exits 
K. E. — Pat rises, rubs his eyes, staggers around an I 
grabs as if snakes were before him. 

Fritz, (who has been laughing) Vat is der matter, Bat? 
Vas you gotten garrets in your rats, or are you house-pug, 
or vat? 

Pat. Oi lose all me timper and will choke yez fur thot! 

Fritz. Yy, how so yet. 

P(d. Ye know phat thot is? Thot is cruelty to animals. 

Fritz. Say, Bat, vat for you grab like dot, vas you 
afraid of ghosts? 

Pat. (ta\es ivhiskey bottle from his pocket and speaks 
slowly) Oh — no — Ui'm used to spirits. 

Fritz. Bat, vhy don't you got a new face yet? 

Pat. Don't ye loike me face? 

Fritz, No, dot is vorse as mine yet. 

Pat. Oi didn't think it possible, but if it is, why plase 
look the oder way. Oh! say, Fritz, lind me a dollar, will 
ye? 

Fritz. All I half is fifty cents. 

Pat. Give me thot thin ye'll owe me half a dollar. 

(song may be introduced here 

Fritz. See dese metals! (points to tin can covers on 
his coat) I received dese for mine pravery. 

Pat. (examines medals, reads one (doud) "Heinzes 
Baked Beans." Phat did ye resave this fur? 

Fritz. Ouct a house got on fire in der middle of the 
night. I discovered it first und he iring a voman scream- 
ing for help, I naturally punned town der street und vas 
shust going to bull der pox ven der cabtain shouted dot der 
enemy vas climbing over der side of der boat. I took oud 
mine gun und vas shust going to shot der deer, ven all at 
onct it bounded avay into der forest. Shust about as I vas 
to bull der trigger ven der conductor come to ine und he 
says, "Fare, fare sir!" 1 jumped right up und I says to 
dot conductor, dot conductor vat vas right in der car — I 
says to him — I says, "See hear, you don't got some money 
oud of me pydellingme I'm goot looking. I vill not posi 
fcively stand for it." Shust at this stage of der point, a fel- 
low mit a metal on vat says —it says on dot metal "Police" 
— he says, "If you don't givti dot man your fare. I vill put 
you off dis car." I disobeyed und gived him a dollar. 



6 TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS 

Now I vill tole you vat I vear dis for. If I happened to 
be on der car und somebody vill not pay der conductor a 
dollar, I vill throw them off der car. 

Pat. But phat is dis one fur? 
i (points to the other medal 

\ Fritz. So der oder vone von't got lonesome. 

Pat. Say, Fritz, Oi forgot to tell ye, Oi am runnin' a 
hotel over on O'Holligau's Alley. Oi have a very novel 
way of gettin' the best of me boarders. 

Fritz. You have? How can it vats? 

Pot. It can was this way. You know all me boarders 
are railroad men and they all have to get up at foive 
o'clock so as to be to work at six, so Oi Avait till a quarter 
to six thin Oi holler loike a son-ot'-a-gun; they hurry dowu 
to breakfast, but there's where Oi fool them — Oi say, says 
Oi, "B'ys, shure an' ye's hain't got a minute to spare, ye's 
ha i n't got toime to ate yer breakfast," so they all hustle off 
to their work. Oi niver cook breakfast. 

Fritz. Veil, do you know, I am a leedle bid vise too. 
I alvays get der best of der street car conductor. 

Pat. You do? Oi'd loike to know how? 

Fritz. I alvays ride two blocks furder than mine house, 
den I valk pack. Haint I got a noble head for you? 

Pat. Say, Fritz, do ye want dot medal? 

([joints to Fritz's medal 

Fritz. Yaw, of course I do! (Pat takes metal off, 
hands it to Fritz, who makes loiv bow to Pat— Pat put* 
his hand on his own breast, extends f,,ot lonvard, looks 
kingly) Say, Bat, nice hat you half on, ain't it? 

Pat. Yes, do ye loike it? 

Fritz. Veil 1 should said I do. 

Pat. Thin take it. 

(takes hat off and hands if to Fritz 

Fritz. Say, Bat, nice coat you half on, ain't it? 

Pat Yes, do ye loike it? 

Fritz. Veil I should said I do. 

Pat. Thin take it. 

(takes off coat and hands it to Fritz 

Fritz. Say, Bat, nice hair you half on, ain't it? 

Pat. Yes, do ye loike it? 

Fritz. Veil I should said I did. 

Pat Thin bike it. (reaches up to bald spot on head, 
after feehng around spotjor hair, he exclaims) Oi must 



TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS. 1 

have given it to Homebody else. 

Fritz. Say, Bat, nice breeches you half on, ain't it? 

Pat. Yes, do ve loike them? 

Fritz. Veil 1 should said I do! 

Fat. So do Oi. (smiles 

Fritz. Say, l>at, vhat makes your eyebrows red? 

Fat. They are not red, they are only a little bit rusted. 

(Pat begins scraldtiny Fritz's ley 

Fritz. Vhat's der matter mit you? 

Fat. Nothing. Why? (looks up 

Fritz. Vhy you vas shust scratching mine leg. 

Fat. Well, Oi had a bite. Can't Oi scratch it? 

Fritz. Sure, (hits Pat with bologna, who jails down, 
gets up again and brushes Fkitz off) Veil you crazy 
Irishman you, vhat's der matter now? 

Fat. Why? Oi'm just brushing mesilf off. 

Fritz. Vhy, you vas brushing ine off! 

Fat. Excuse me, Oi thought it was a barrel of sour- 
kraut. One can hardly tell the difference. 

Fritz. Phat a complimentary to mineself. Dot's der 
kind of friends vhat you vant Dot vas awful compli- 
mentary! Do you know 1 vas got a leedle dog home vhat 
saved mine life 

Pat Ui'd squirtenly loike to see the dog phat would 
save your loife. How did he do it? 

Fritz. Veil you know vone day ven der leedle dog und 
mineself, der two of us, vas vaiking town der street, der 
leedle dog he turned around — I thought he vas going to 
bite me, but he didn't. If he had, I vould half had der 
hydrophobia. 

Pat. That dog ought to be shot! They ought to make 
a law that whin a dog saves a fellow loike ye, he ought to 
be shot. 

Fritz. Say, Bat, vhere are you goiu' to spent your vac- 
cination? 

P(d. At the North Pole. Say, do ye know thot's the 
swillest place phat is. Last summer whin Oi wint up 
there Oi only had one fan, this tohne O'm going to take 
two furnaces and — 

Ft iiz. Furnaces! vat. for you use d<»se for? 

l\d. Oh ye loggerhead ve, ye see we kill so much game 
up there that we need two furnaces to roast all the 
chickens. Last winter whin Oi was up there — 



8 TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS. 

Fritz. You said you vas up there last summer, und 
shust now you said veu you vas up there last viuter — 

Pat You don't understand it at all — last spring, down 
in Florida — 

Fritz. Fiorida! Half you got a license? 

Pat License! For phat? 

Fritz. To lie! 

Pat. Oi niver told a lie in all me loife — (excited) any 
one phat says Oi told a lie is a liar is he who told any one 
Oi said Oi was a liar Oi will kill 'em on this spot — if ye'd 
even dare to say "Loie," ye'd be killed as quick as a wink. 

Fritz. Lie! 

Pat. (rolls up his sleeves, feels his muscle, grils teeth, 
spits on his hands- aside) Wait till Oi git at him I 

Fritz, (angry) Are you ready? 

Pat. (surprised) Eidy? Ridy for phat? 

Fritz. A light! 

Pat A fight— a fight did— did ye say ? Who said any 
thing about a fight? Ye are a bughouse! Oi know yd 
are! Oi kin till it by lookin' at yez — ye are a bughouse. 

Fritz. Vhat for you got your sleeves rolled up yet? 

Pat Why Oi'm hot— Oi'm jus' coolin' off. (aside) 
Oi think Oi'd better, (pulls cap pistal out of his pocket 
—aloud) Ye don't know phat this is? 
Fritz. I dink it vas a le die cap-pistol. 
Pat No, this is a son-of-a-gun ! Say, Fritz, how much 
ye give me fer this? 
Fritz. Ten dollars. 

Pat's knees gives away, grabs them and twists them back 

into place. 

Pat Do ye know what ye said? 

Fritz. Do you dinks I am crazy? 

Pat Do ye mane it? 

Fritz. Of course I mean it. 

Pat All roight, give me the money 

W^if *7**a P u Sf °\ t0 F * ITZ ' Wh0 h ' and ° him h «rt MX 
Jy rttz. rite dollars! 

Pat Ye said ten dollars. 
/y ^T 7 ^ v/. 11110 ^ 1 *— sa ^ l^t's see dot bill shust a second! 

IWSBS?? SSEtiSr* * hands same 



TWO SOCIABLE FRIENDS. 9 

Pat. Phat a skinch! (braces up 

Friiz. (points cap pistol to his own forehead) Hand 

over dot money. ( Pat winks eyes as he looks at Fritz in 

astonishm- nt) Be quick! 
Pat Phat a s-shame! 

Pat hands money to Fritz, who pockets both — Fritz then 
hands Pat the bill again, he tarns it up side down, 
etc., then takes Fritz's arm. 



! 



Fvitz 

p f ' \ Put me off at Buffalo-uffalo. 

(Fritz drags end of refrain, hits Pat with bologna 
Fritz. Couldn't you vait a minute. (exeunt r. e. 

QUICK CURTAIN. 

THE end. 

P. S. — If encored, both enter, make low bow, Pat bows 
first then starts off just as Fritz is making his bow, Pat 
runs into Fritz, who shoves him over, he gets up and 
exits other side of stage. 



>Louess.4" 



A mnsfonl farce in 2 acts, hj Byron- P. Glenn, for 7 male and 6 

female characters. Time of playing, 1 hour and 45 

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Fun Among de Clouds. 

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Irish farce in 1 act, by J. R. Farrell, for 2 male characters. Time, 
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Westfield— Arrival 



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"Only twenty-four, brother."— Christopher Columbus ! where am I 
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soar to the land of milk and honey !" — Sara Slv, Polly's lover who 
is a widower.— "If he does not propose, I will !"— Susan and' Sam 
Sly.— Love 8cene between Pollv and Slv, which Susan discovers 
Her anger, and fall.— Susan and Sly loose their wigs. 

Act III.— Joshua Pratt.— Susan's fear of men.— "Help! help'" 
Discovers Joshua— Ridiculous love scene between Susan and Joshua 
"There's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's voung dream "-Rats' 
"Help! thieves!"— "It might run up rav leg.'"— The rescue- 
Susan announces her engagement and determination to eo home and 
get married.— The departure. 

Act IV.— Home of Susan Tabitha— Sallie— Discoverv of Joshua's 
poverty-Susan's anger and disappointment--"Can we get un*"-Susan 
cuffs Joshua's ears— Dinner— "Can we eat dinner?"— Susan relate 
her experience to Sallie-Telegram-Arrival and cool reception of 
Charles Westfield and wife-Joshua sleeps-Susan knocks over his 
chair, pulls his hair-Abank check-Susan's promise.-Happy 



The Coast of Maine. 



A Romantic Melodrama in 3 acts, by F. P. Minnelli, for 6 male 

and 2 female characters. Time of performance 1 hour 

and 35 minutes. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Home of Squire Gray— Squire and Madge— Paul a smug- 
pier— Bess— "Here I am, dad"— "Share I never did like brass but- 
tons anyway" — Major Smart on important business — "Prevent him 
if possible from following a course that will lead to ruin" — Bess and 
Terry — "Ye'll not be able to resist the toe of his boot" — Carew — 
"What a night for the wreckers"— The plot to ruin Paul— "Con- 
vince the villagers and a rope will do the rest" — Rod rick proposes 
to Madge and is rejected— Threats— Coward— The Polly sighted— 
Paul returned and accused of being a wrecker — "Take it back I say, 
or I will choke that lie down your cowardly throat" — The proof — 
"I will never darken your door again until you retract those cruel 
WO rds" — Major Smart refuses to do his duty — Paul leaves home. 

ACT II.— Home of Squire Gray— "Yes, daughter, I am convinced 
that Rodrick is at the bottom of all our troubles"— Bess— "Why, I 
was scaring old speckle on the nest so that she would lay an egg for 
your supper"— Terry makes love to Bess— "Rip me trousers, dash 
me main boom, as a sailor 1 am a bloomin' success"— Carew, the 
wrecker — "Luck for the wrecker boys and death to the sailors" — 

More treachery — Bess overhears Rodrick and Carew plotting to 

blow up the old mill— Paul returns in time to preveut a wreck and 
confronts Rodrick— The quarrel— A proposition— Paul, the winner 
—Now shoot— "All is lost, the Revenue Officers are here" — "A word 
to the wise is sufficient"— The explosion— "Stay right where you 

are." 

ACT III.— Home of Squire Gray— "No lass, until Paul proves his 
innocence, he cannot return"— The mortgage— "We have met the 
enemy and they are ours"— Good news of Paul— Squire tells a story 
—Rodrick threatens foreclosure on mortgage, unless Madge becomes 
his wife— A little misunderstanding— "I wonder if he means the 
whale in her head"— Remorse— Madge and Paul— "Not another 
step or I'll tear you limb from limb"— Terry holds the best hand— 
Rodrick confronted by Carew— "The game is up"— "'Twas he who 
lighted the false beacon"— "Curse you"— Paul proven innocent— 
"Aye lad, take her and may God in all his goodness watch over 
and protect you"— The end. Price, 15cts. 

A. Happy Pair. 

A Comedietta in 1 act, by S. Theyer Smith, for I male and 1 
female character— both light comedy. Scene, a nicely furnished 
room Costumes modern. A brisk little play, full of action and 
giving numerous opportunities for clever work. While entirely fret 
from all "low comedy" business, it contains enough humor to 
highly diverting. Time of playing, 30 minutes. Price, 15cts. 



be 



An Up-to-date Play, Entitled: 

THESTRIKE; 

-OR- 

Under the Shadow of a Crime. 



A Drama in 5 acts, by William Ward Bass, for 7 male and 4 female 
characters. Time of performance, 2 hours. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Office of Col. Dodson— The false certificate— "I know no 
friendship which interferes with my ambition" — Scheming for a 
fortune — "You are an old fool" — "Once he is out of the way, all is 
clear" — Father and sou talk over an old crime — "He may yet be able 
to clear his father's name" — Chip of the old block — Louis forces his 
father to accept his terms — Drakes and Louis— "I'll touch him for 
a dime" — An old sweetheart— The secret is known — Certificate 417 
— "1 knew he was innocent, the other is a forgery." 

ACT II.— Robert Belknap's home— Shops shut down— Discharged 
—"My father's name shall be cleared"— "He has made me a social 
outcast" — The strike— "I must meet with the men" — "The Col. 
shall hear of this"— "I cannot be your wife while under the shadow 
of a crime"— "Fred will stand in my place, if not a brother, as a 
husband." 

ACT III.— The park by night— "This strike suits my purpose"— 
The conspiracy— "See that he is drugged"— Louis and Drake plan 
murder of liettie— The meeting— "I scorn and despise you"— "Help'" 
—Kidnapped— The lover's meeting place— The engagement broken 
—The bomb— "May the holy saints protect me"— Louis accidentally 
shoots his father— "I must conceal my part in this alfair"— Robert 
accused of murder. 

ACT IV.— Col. Dodson's grounds— Father and daughter— The 
letter— The strike is ended— Carrie informs Ariel that Louis Steven- 
son is Robert's enemy— "I have been deceived, my promise has been 
wrung from me through false representations"— The Col overhears 
Carrie and Ariel— "Begone, these are my grounds"— "You would 
strike a woman." 

ACT V.— The prison— This is for the faithful descharge of my 
duty-Brother and sister— Meeting of Robert and Ariel— "Thev 
made me believe you guilty— "Spare your daughter"— "Father rhii 
is the first time 1 have disobeyed you"-"I have 'already chosen' 
once more ,\ say go." -The arrest of Louis-The witness-Char 4d 
w.thmurder^Fa.th and wasn't Oi an eye witness to the shSot 
ha g p P y~ending e * ^ *' ^ Card aDd lost - R <*ert cleared-A 
Price, 15 cents. 



^•A Tip on Wheat. <■ 



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A comedy in 2 acts, by Howard Ameibury,for 3 male and S female char- 
acter*. Costumes modern. Time of performance SO minute*. 



SYNOPSIS OF BVBNT8. 

ACT I.— Home of Richard Burke— "The sweetest voloe I ever 

heard"— A case of mistaken identity in which Norman Wade is 

hired as the new valet— Irene— Mr. Wade keeps the position— "Don't 

/get mad or excited over anything you may see or hear" — "Young 

nan I don't believe you will last long here"— Norman seesasijfht 

'and looses his temper— Mark Randall, who wants Mr. Burke to bet 

on wheat, —A sure tip— The check for $200,000— Irene discovers 

that Randall is trying to ruin her father and pits herself against 

the villian — Norman jealous — The big booby — Irene plots to save her 

father and secures the check to play herself — "Play to win." 

ACT II. — Home of Richard Burke — Randall is the bearer of bad 
news — "Then I'm ruined" — "Well Dick, a fool and his money are 
soon parted" — Richard confesses to his wife — Irene tells of the plot 
and her share in it — "I didn't play it" — "It is a lesson I shall never 
forget" — Betrothal of Norman and Irene — "Have a cigar, and by 
having a "Tip on Wheat" we will prove it to the world that we have 
money to burn." Price locts. 



That Black Cat. 

A fare* tn 1 act, by Bert O. Rawley,for 6 male and g female character*. 
Coetumes modern. Time ef performance 45 minute*. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 



Home of Philander Popp— Family trouble — Black cats brin? good 
luck— Hans— Bad luck— "I'll kill that cat" — Amanda and bJzra - 
"She's my wife" — "I'm his pa-in-law I 'spose"— "He acts worse i han 
the cow did when the calf died"— O. B, Queer, the tramp The cat 
brings more bad luck— Amanda makes up her mind to go home — 
Popp and the cat hairs (J<>od news Popp Tails heir to a fortune-— 
The black cat finds favor ami a hoiiie with Popp -Family troubles 
all smoothed over — "He is a lucky brute, I'll attend tn t-Tre darling 
pussy. Price locts. 



JUL 10 ! 



Under the America n Flag. 

A Spanish American Drama in + acts, by Hilton Coon, for 6 male and 3 
female character ■*. Time of playing, £ Jtour* and 15 minute*. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Home of General Romero F. Nerverra, Manilla— A prison- 
er of war. 

ACT II.— Ramparts of the Fort de Santiago — The escape. 

ACT III.— The same— The bombardment of Manilla. 

ACT IV.— The land of the free— Patrick O'Roogan's home nea 

Fort Hamilton, Cal.— Two weeks later. p r j ce 25cts 



WHO'S WHO; OR ALL IN A FOG- 

A farce in one act, by Thomas J. Williams, for 3 male and 2 

female characters. Costumes modern. Time for representation 
40 minutes. The series of amusing situations are brought about by 
a number of cases of mistaken identity. Everybody is mistaken for 
everybody else, and the complications arising are extremely laugha- 
ble. The characters are all capital, and the piece never fails to 
divert an audience. p ricCf 15cts 

POPPING THE QUESTION, i 

on, A , fal x T e I? V**fr by , Jl R Buckst °ne, as played at the Park ' 
Iheatre, IS. Y., tor 2 male and 4 female characters. Time of play- 
ing 40 mmutes. The entanglements in which an amorous, elderly 
gentleman finds himself because of his roundabout way of "noDDine- 
the question," are delicionsly funny, while the culminating scene 
between h.mselt and the two old maids is one of the most comical 
things ever witnessed. Easy to play, and always brings down the 
house. Requires no scenery. ^ce, 15cts. 

A NEW TEMPERANCE FARCE, ENTITLED 

"Switched Off," I 

BY LIZZIE MAY ELVVYN, 

Author of "Dot the Miner's Daughter," for 8 female characters 
can double to 6. Parlor scene. Time of playing, 25 minutes Mrs 
Marsh advocates he moderate useof liqnor-her daughter return*"* 
home from school, hears of her mother's views, and with some girl 
friends decide to switch her off the whiskey tick, with the aid of 
two Irish servants. They show up the moderate uie of liquor in a 
way that soon convinces Mrs. Marsh, that to abolish it entirely is 
the only safe way Grandmother Taylor, a strong temperance woman 
speaks her mind freely. The result is that all lign the temperance 
pledge. A tip top farce-full of fun-characters 111 good. 

Price, 15cts. 



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53 Out in the Streets 6 4 

51 Resetted 5 3 

59 8aved 2 3 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 

63 Three Glasses a Day 3 3 

62 Ten Nights in a Ba'r-Rooin 7 3 

58 Wrecked 9 3 

COMEDIES. 

124 An Afflicted Family. 7 5 

87 Biter Bit, The. 

394 Bird Family. 8 5 

267 Caught in the Act* 7 3 

Captured 5 4 

178 Caste 5 3 

368 Case of Jealousy 4 2 

131 Cigarette, The 4 -2 

388 Farmer Larkin's Boarders. 5 4 

359 Girl from the Midway, The.. 3 2 

207 Heroic Dutchman of 76 8 3 

199 Home „ 5 3 

121 In a Spider's Web 8 5 

383 Joshua Blodgett. 25c 7 2 

323 Johanes Blatz's Mistake 4 3 

174 Love's Labor Not Lost 3 3 

357 Loudon Assurance 9 3 

341 Miss Blothingay's Blunder. 3 3 

411 Miss Topsy Turvy 4 4 

418 Muldoon's Blunders., 25c... 5 3 

149 New Years in N. Y 7 6 

37 Not So Bad After All 6 5 

338 Our Boys... 6 4 

126 Our Daughters 8 6 

370 Our Summer Boarder's 6 3 

265 Pug and the Baby 5 3 

114 Passions 9 4 

264 Prof. James' Experience 

Teaching Country School... 4 3 

219 Rags and Bottles. 4 1 

239 Scale With Sharps and 

Flats 3 2 

404 - vs. Master 6 2 

375 Slight Mistake... 5 

221 Solon Shingle. 14 2 

363 Stub, 25c 8 3 

Two Bad Boys.. 7 3 

306 Three Hats, The.. 

82,000 Reward 

o 4 
351 Winning Hand, T 

384 Widow McGinty, The. 

TRAGEDIES. 

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316 
320 
393 

252 

175 

86 

352 



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Actor ai i • 

Aunt 

All in a Mud. 
Aud 
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Awful Carpet Ba r 
Betsey Baker 
Black vs. Wii 

Bridget Brai Trou- 
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NO. 

401 

344 
289 
287 
225 
317 
324 
345 
2 49 

379 
1X8 
407 
218 
224 

233 

154 
274 
209 

307 

271 
116 
140 

74 

366 
398 
308 

95 
305 
299 
11 
99 
406 
303 
3X9 
3X0 
228 

302 

lOfi 

139 
231 
235 

89 

212 

273 
313 

296 
395 



Box and Cox 2 

Badly Mixed.... 2 

Colonel's Mishap 5 

Cousin Josiah 1 

Cupids Capers 4 

Cleveland's Recept'n Party 5 

Day in a Doctors Office. 5 

on Jones' Wife's Ghost 4 

Double Election 9 

Dutchy vs. Nigger... 3 

Dutchman's Picnic, The 3 

Dutch Prize Fighter 3 

Dr. Baxter's Servants 4 

Everybody Astonished 4 

Fooling with the Wrong 

Man 2 

Freezing a Mother-in-Law. 3 

Fun in a Post Office 4 

Family Jars 5 

Goose with the Golden 

Eggs 5 

Hallabahoola, the Medicine 

Man.. 4 

Hans Brummel's Cafe... 5 

Hash 4 

How He Popped the Ques- 
tion i 

How to Tame Your Mother- 
in-Law 4 

Hotel Healthy 4 

Hatinted Hat, The 2 

Irish Squire ofi Squash 

Ridge V. 4 

In the Wrong Clothes 5 

Jacob Shlaff's Mistake 3 

Jimmie Jones 3 

John Smith 5 

Jumbo Jum 4 

Judge by Proxy 5 

Kiss in the Dark 2 

Kitty and Patsy 1 

"Katie's Deception 4 

Lauderbach's Little Sur- 



prise. 



2 1 



Lucked in a Dress-maker's 

Room. 3 

Lodgings for Two 

In all Corners. 

Landlord's Revenge, The... 3 
Matrimonial Bliss. 
Match for a Mother-in-Law 3 
Blunders than One.... 4 

Mother's Fool. 6 

My Precious Betsey I 

My Turn Next 4 

My W itions. 4 

My Neighbor's Wife, 3 

Matchmaking Fath- 

Mike Dono urtship. 1 

irm. The 

My Mother-in-Law. 2 

Mashers Mashed, The 5 

Nauka'a Leap Year Ven- 

5 

idy's Moke 5 

Nip and Tuck 3 



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267 
315 
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68 
295 
309 
138 
115 

327 
232 
241 
270 

365 

358 
346 
413 
326 
339 

167 
166 



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414 
403 
111 
157 
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Our Hote 5 

Olivet 3 

Our Family Umbrella......... 4 

Obstinate Family, The 3 

Paddy Miles' Boy. 5 

Patent WashingMachine... 4 

Persecuted Dutchman G 

Professional Gardener 4 

Poor Pilicody. 

Pat McFree 

Popping the Question . 
Printer and His Devils , The 3 
Quiet Family 

RegularFix. 

Ripples. 

Rough Diamond 

Room 44... 
Rascal Pat. That.. 

Ruben Rube 

Sham Professor, The.. 4 

Spellin' Skewl, The 
Santa Claus' Daughter 

Sewing Circle of Period 

S. H. A. M. Pinafore ... 

Somebody's Nobod; 

Strictlv Temperance.... 2 

Stage Struck Yankee 4 

Struck by Lightning... 2 

Slick and Skinner "5 

Slasher »nd Crasher \" 5 

Stupid Chipid " 4 

Snow B.-tfl ..........."..... 3 

Signinp<fen Actor...'.!.".'."'*'. 1 

Switched Off " 

Too Many Cousins............". 3 

Two Geutlemen in a Fix 

Takh ssus 1 

Turn Him Out 

Thirty-three Next Birthday 4 

Tim Flannigan 5 

Trials of a Countrv Editor.' 6 

Texan Mother-in-Law 4 

Aunt Eini "" o 



Vermont 

Won. epho 

Whit 

Wanted a Husl 



ifftYulties. 



3 

Waking Him Up. l 

Why They Jo 

beccas. q 

Who's Wh 

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Yankt " 3 

Yank 

Yacob 



Jtiotel Experience. 



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214 
190 

378 

153 

236 

319 
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246 
297 
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258 

177 
107 
133 
179 
243 
92 
238 
122 
108 
245 

206 

210 

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Best Cure, The 4 1 

Coincidence 8 

Colored Senators 3 

Chops 3 

Crimps Trip 5 

Gittin' 'Sperience in a Doc- 
tor's Office 4 

Haunted House 2 

Handy Andy 2 

Hypochondriac The 2 

Intelligence Office, The 3 

In For It 

Jake and Snow 2 

Mischievous Nigger 4 2 

Midnight Colic 2 1 

Musical Darkey 2 

Not as Deaf as He Seems... 2 ( 

Nobody's Son 2 

Old Clothes 

Old Dad's Cabin 

Othello 

Pomp Green's Snakes... 

Pomp's Pranks 

Prof Bones' Latest Inven- 
tion 5 

Quarrelsome Servants 3 

School 

Seeing Bosting 3 

Sham Doctor.. 3 

Sports on a Lark 3 

Stage Struck Darkey 2 

Strawberry Shortcake.. 
Select School, The 

Those Awful Boys 

Ticket Taker.. 

Vice Versa 

Villkens and Dinali 

iiia Mumi 
William Tell.. I 

Wig-Maker and His fi 
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17 Hints on Elocution. 
130 Hints to Amat> 



215 



399 
397 



360 



382 



376 
371 
184 
186 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

On to Victory, Cantata 
Festival of Days... 
Cousin John's Album, Pan- 
tomimes 

Happy Franks Song- 
Ames' Select Recitations 

No. 1 

Mother Earth and her Veg- 
atable Daugb 
Ames' Series of Medi- 
Recitations and Tableaux 

No. 1 

Ami- of Medi. 

Recitations and Panto- 
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Joan of Arc Drill... 
Victim of Woman' 
Family Discipline 
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